Posted in Alton Brown, anise, cheap meal, easy, fish, healthy, lemon, onions, quick meal, Recipe, Recipes, salmon, sauce, vegetables on Feb 1st, 2008
As we mentioned in other posts, although our trip to Madrid was fabu and delicious, we definitely needed to abstain from eating any meat and drinking any alcohol the week we returned. It was difficult and I officially think my body went through a strange form of detox – NonCelebrity Vacation Overconsumption Rehab, anyone? Has […]
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Posted in cheap meal, cream, Italian, kale, mushrooms, Pasta, quick meal, Recipe, Recipes, spicy, vegetables on Nov 1st, 2007
So the other night I needed to use up some veggies that were about a day or two away from growing hair (or at least some mold). I looked and found kale, mushrooms, some wilting leeks and two shriveled small cayanne peppers we had picked from our little backyard garden about 5 weeks ago. HMMMMMMM… […]
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Posted in basil, bread, Coco Lezzone, Florence, healthy, hearty, Italian, Italy, Olive Oil, Recipe, Recipes, soup, tomato, Tuscan, tuscany, vegetables, vegetarian on Oct 3rd, 2007
Last night I posted a story about the Pappa al Pomodoro (Tomato and Bread Soup) I was going to attempt to recreate for dinner. Well, We Are Never Full readers, the recreation was a success! I really hope some of you will try to make this hearty, delicious and simple recipe. It was very easy […]
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Posted in bread, Coco Lezzone, culture, Europe, Florence, Food Commentary, healthy, hearty, Italian, Italy, language, Olive Oil, Recipe, Recipes, restaurant, Restaurant Review, soup, tomato, tourism, tradition, travel, Tuscan, tuscany, vegetables, vegetarian on Oct 2nd, 2007
When we were in Florence this past July we had one of the most memorable meals of our life. The simplicity of the dishes, the gruff, “don’t ask too many questions cause everything is good here” service and the down-home ambiance (mama in the corner, the owner is the host, the server and one of […]
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Posted in America, Atlantic City, Autumn, Beach, bread, calamari, Chorizo, Clams, eating, fish, Food Commentary, Garlic, grilled, healthy, hearty, parsley, pintxos, Potato, Recipe, Recipes, sausage, seafood, side dish, snapper, Spain, spicy, Squid, summer, tapas, tomato, vegetables, weather, whole fish, wine on Sep 27th, 2007
Last week we discovered that the 5-day forecast was calling for a week’s worth of blue skies and summer-like weather. Not bad considering this past Sunday marked the beginning of Fall. Now, don’t get me wrong, I do love fall. But, like many, there’s something about summer that just excites me like no other season. […]
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Posted in cheap meal, cilantro, coconut, easy, quick meal, Recipe, Recipes, rice, shrimp, spicy, summer, vegetables on Aug 15th, 2007
My office is laid out in such a way that my desk faces a wall and the only window in the room is small, high-up and 10 yards behind me as I face my computer. This is hardly a feng-shui arrangement of light and furniture, and given that my monitor faces the interior of the […]
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